EPHS-Chapter 638 Always By Your Side

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Boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The earth shook and a monumental explosion ripped through the forest. Debris flew, dust filled the air, and countless animals fled in terror. The violent blast of air continued to batter everything in its path until it finally subsided.

As the view cleared, a huge swath of vegetation had disappeared from the forest, replaced by a gigantic crater several kilometers in diameter!

At the center of the massive crater, a bloodied Tenraku was still holding Rias. Even during the earth-shattering explosion, Tenraku hadn't used any power to protect himself, allowing the violent, destructive magic power to rip through his body. He looked pitiful now.

As the source of all the magic power and explosions, Rias' body should have collapsed and been destroyed in the explosion. But she was unharmed, lying quietly in Tenraku's arms.

The silence lasted for a long time, until a light breeze brought a chill, causing Rias, nestled in Tenraku's embrace, to slowly wake up and open her eyes.

"Rias, are you awake?"

"T-Tenraku?"

Tenraku's hoarse voice sounded and Rias unconsciously lifted her head to look at him. But in the next moment, Rias froze.

Tenraku was covered in blood, with drops of blood even flowing from his closed eyes. His body was covered in countless wounds, a sight so horrifying that even the battle with 666 (Trihexa) couldn't compare to it.

And as memories flooded her mind, Rias's face instantly turned pale. She remembered - she was the one who had hurt Tenraku so badly!

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Tenraku..."

"Phenex Tears... Use the Phenex Tears quickly..."

Tears welled up in her eyes, and Rias apologized in agony, her hands shaking and frantically searching for the Phenex Tears on her body. But what worried her was that no matter how hard she searched, she couldn't find them!

"Rias, you rushed out in such a hurry earlier, how could you forget to bring the Phenex Tears?"

Tenraku reminded her, and it finally dawned on Rias. Yes, she had left the Phenex Tears in the drawer of her room and hadn't taken them with her when she left!

"Tenraku, then use the abilities of your Sacred Gear to heal yourself quickly."

"[Smile of the Holy Mother - Twilight Healing] [Holy Grail of the Secluded World - Sephiroth Graal], you have these two powerful healing Sacred Gears, use them quickly to heal yourself!"

Realizing something, Rias urged urgently. But Tenraku just smiled and shook his head.

"Why?!"

"Tenraku, please heal yourself quickly, I beg you, please heal yourself quickly!"

In disbelief, Rias couldn't understand why Tenraku wouldn't heal himself. She almost begged desperately, but Tenraku just smiled and shook his head.

Unable to think about it anymore, since Tenraku wouldn't heal himself, Rias had to take matters into her own hands. Although her healing magic couldn't compare to Asia's and Valerie's Sacred Gear abilities, Rias knew some simple healing magic. She quickly activated her magic circle and tried to heal Tenraku.

But to Rias' disbelief, her healing magic had no effect at all. Tenraku's wounds remained unchanged.

"Why?! Why?! Why?!"

Even though she poured in more magic power to increase the power of her magic, no matter how hard she tried, it was still ineffective. Rias was on the verge of insanity!

"Don't waste your energy, Rias. I don't want you to heal me, so no matter how hard you try, it won't work."

As if playing a cruel joke, Tenraku said, and Rias couldn't help but be stunned.

"Why would you do that, Tenraku? Why would you do this?"

"Hurry, heal yourself, please, heal yourself quickly or you'll die!"

Rias' heart felt like it was breaking, tears streaming down her face as she continued to beg. She couldn't understand Tenraku's thoughts anymore. But none of that mattered now, all she wanted was for Tenraku to heal himself, all she wanted was for Tenraku to heal himself!

"You foolish Rias, don't you understand yet? I just don't want to see you in pain and despair when I open my eyes again..." Tenraku cupped Rias' cheeks and said softly.

Feeling her heart breaking, Rias covered her mouth with her hands as tears filled her eyes again.

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry..."

"Wū wū wū..."

Unable to contain the emotions raging in her heart, Rias cried out loudly as Tenraku gently wrapped his scarred arm around her once more.

"I should be the one to apologize, Rias, even though I already knew about your older brother."

"But I didn't want to see you in pain, so I kept it from you."

"Forgive me, Rias."

Although Tenraku's words were meant to ask for forgiveness, Rias' heart only hurt more.

"It's not... It's not your fault, Tenraku. You've always taken care of me." Rias choked as she spoke.

A smile appeared on his face as Tenraku leaned closer to Rias's ear and continued:

"Rias, even though I always act smart and domineering and control everything, there are times when I'm really stupid."

"I don't know how to erase the pain in your heart or how to help you face these hard truths. I always arrogantly thought I could protect you no matter what, but at times like this, I'm powerless.

"So I came up with the only stupid solution I could think of - to suffer with you when you're in pain, to mourn with you when you're sad, to ruin with you when you want to ruin..."

"N-no, please stop, Tenraku, please stop. Please heal yourself quickly..."

Feeling her heart tearing, unable to stop crying, Rias begged as she cried.

"Let me finish, Rias."

"What I really want to tell you is, no matter how much pain or sadness you experience, never give up or despair, because I will be there for you, Akeno, Sona, Asia... everyone back home will be there for you."

"No matter how cruel fate is, no matter how dark the future may seem, we'll always, always be there for you."

To be continued...